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Idaho lawmaker seeks to ban 'co-pay accumulator' practices for costly drugs
Summary
Rep. David Cannon introduced RS 32178 to prohibit insurers from excluding third‑party payments (manufacturer coupons, assistance) from patients' copay and out‑of‑pocket maximum calculations; committee voted to introduce the proposal for a full hearing.
Representative David Cannon, R-Blackfoot, introduced RS 32178 on the House Health and Welfare Committee agenda, asking the committee to approve the request for a full hearing into insurance “co‑pay accumulator” practices affecting patients who take high‑cost medications.
Cannon told the committee the idea came from a constituent family whose daughter needs expensive cystic fibrosis medicines. “A co pay accumulator is an insurance billing practice where if a…
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